The fireballs that covered the sky brought great panic to the people of Anfeng City. These matchlock balls were filled with oil and were difficult to extinguish. After they landed, they rolled around and ignited when they encountered combustibles. The fire was fierce.

If there is any obstruction, the people are helpless.

Cao Liang felt that the situation was serious and went down to the city personally to direct the fire extinguishing. He knew that if it was not handled properly, the entire Anfeng City might be reduced to a sea of ​​flames, and then they would no longer have a place to live.

Moreover, all the supplies, food and supplies are in the city. If it is destroyed by fire, the city cannot be defended.

Cao Liang rushed to the city and immediately mobilized the resting Wei troops to put out the fire.

The houses in the city are basically wooden structures. Once ignited, it is difficult to control the fire.

Cao Liang made a prompt decision. On the one hand, he organized troops to put out the fire and saved as many as they could. On the other hand, he sent Deng Ai Shibao and his troops to rush to the next block. Before the fire spread, he demolished all the houses in this block and created an isolation zone.

Come to ensure the safety of important buildings such as the grain depot and the prefect's mansion in the center of the city.

The method used by Cao Liang is similar to fighting a forest fire. Only by abandoning some buildings and blocking the source of the fire can the safety of the entire city be ensured.

Of course, the people who had their houses demolished were not very satisfied, but Cao Liang quickly announced measures to stabilize the people, temporarily placing the homeless people in schools, schools and military camps, and providing them with food and accommodation.

Cao Liang also promised that when the war is over, the government will rebuild the houses and resettle the people who have lost their houses.

These people quickly accepted the arrangement and no longer complained. The people also knew what the situation was like during the war. The city gate was on fire, affecting the fish in the pond. Living in a place where wars are frequent, this awareness is still

some.

Now Cao Liang thinks about the people and proactively provides resettlement conditions for the displaced people. If it were another general, he would demolish your house at the slightest disagreement and get no compensation. The people are helpless. This war is in chaos.

It is one of the best luck to meet someone who can reason with you.

Wei Bing also chose to carry out demolition. On the only way for the fire to spread, it was enough to clear a blank area of ​​about ten feet wide. The removed masonry and wood could also be transported to the city wall to be used as rolling logs and stones, killing two birds with one stone.

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Wu Jun's fireballs continued to project in, and the residential area close to the city wall was reduced to a sea of ​​flames. Cao Liang ordered the army and people to retreat backwards, abandoning this area.

Wu Jun's fire attack was too fierce. He had just extinguished it here, but it was ignited again there. The fire was so fierce that it was impossible to save him. Cao Liang had no choice but to retreat.

The isolation zone has been cleared. Wu Jun's fireballs cannot be projected there, and the fire cannot spread there. The center of the city is temporarily safe.

As for the area near the city wall, the only option is to let it burn. Anyway, there are only so many wood and other fire starters. After they are burned out, only a pile of rubble will be left. What else can be burned?

Zhuge Ke and Bu Zhi couldn't help but rejoice when they saw the fire in Anfeng City soaring into the sky and the thick smoke billowing. It seemed that this fire attack plan was really brilliant. As long as Anfeng City was burned to the ground, it would be interesting to see what the troops defending the city would eat and drink.

, if you persist for another three or two days, you will definitely surrender.

But to their surprise, the fire only burned for an hour before the fire weakened significantly. Uncle Zhi thought it was the Wei army fighting the fire in the city and put out the fire. So he ordered the catapult to increase the intensity of the catapult.

Throw more matchlock balls into the city.

This time Bu Zhao looked at it expectantly, waiting for the flames to rise again.

But what disappointed him was that after these fireballs were projected into the sea, they disappeared without a trace. There were a lot of fires in the city before, but now even the firelight could not be seen, only the light waves rising up.

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Bu Zhao was completely puzzled and ordered the Wu army to set up a trap and sent people to climb up to check the situation in Anfeng City.

The soldiers on Diao Dou quickly reported that the fire had only burned down the houses closer to the city wall. The buildings in the center of the city were all safe and sound. The Wei soldiers were watering the ground in the city when the fireballs fell to the ground.

, and soon went out.

It turned out that Cao Liang waited until the fire was extinguished and ordered his soldiers to bring water and pour it on the ground.

There is a large pond in Anfeng City, called Lotus Pond. The water is several feet deep and covers an area of ​​dozens of acres. It is not difficult for Wei soldiers to get water. They only need to queue up in a long line and prepare countless wooden barrels. One barrel

The water in the bucket was transferred by Wei soldiers and was quickly delivered to the fire scene ahead.

After the ground was completely wet and soaked, Wu Bing's matchlock ball fell out and was extinguished, and it no longer had any effect.

Cao Liang turned into a qualified fire-fighting captain and finally restrained Wu Jun's fire attack, and Anfeng City was finally in danger.

After hearing the news, Zhuge Ke had a look of frustration. He originally thought that the fire attack could force the Wei army to surrender, but he did not expect that the success would fall short. Although the fire attack burned many houses in Anfeng City, the grain depot was

The key building of the Prefect's Mansion could not be damaged, and it did not cause a fatal blow to Anfeng's defenders, which was tantamount to failure.

In desperation, Zhuge Ke had no choice but to order the removal of the catapults, but still intensified the siege efforts. It seemed that opportunistic tricks would not work. If he wanted to capture Anfeng City, he would have to attack Anfeng City by force.

The offensive and defensive battle in Anfeng City has reached a fever pitch. Wu Jun tried his best, dispatching almost all the troops that could be dispatched, and launched one round of fierce offensives against Anfeng City.

The city wall is densely lined with ladders or filled with stilt arrows, and Wu soldiers in black military uniforms are hung all over the city wall. From a distance, they look like black ants, working hard towards the city wall.

Climbing up.

As the rolling logs fall down, a large piece of the black ant colony will fall off, revealing the original color of the city wall. But soon, it will be filled with the black color again, and the ant colony will climb tirelessly, one after another,

Brave and not afraid of death.

The Wei army's defense was quite tenacious. Although the Wu army was like locusts and ants, killing them endlessly, the Wei army stuck to the city's defense line and never retreated. It was stuck there, leaving the Wu army always

It is impossible to cross the thunder pool even half a step.

The battle came to an end in the sunset the next day. Zhuge Ke adopted Bu Zhao's advice and did not insist on continuing to fight at night, but he would never give up easily. In the early morning of the third day, the Wu army would once again gather its forces.
Chapter completed!